Through our initiatives, we provide programmatic and policy leadership to advance innovative solutions to some of our nation’s most pressing issues.

In an era of heightened regulatory and law enforcement scrutiny, the Prescriber Safety Initiative helps health care professionals be safe and feel safe while treating individuals with opioid use disorder and other conditions that may require controlled medications.

This resource equips stakeholders implementing and enhancing warm handoff programs and communitive paramedicine programs with timely news, legislative and regulatory updates, and best-practice recommendations.

This initiative advances policies to provide individualized health care to people with pain, substance use disorders, mental illness, and other conditions, including individuals who are incarcerated.

CUSP’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Initiative sought information from the DEA on former federal controlled substance registrants’ requests for registration reinstatement, and the DEA’s responses to such requests. The initiative concluded in 2023 when the DEA provided a spreadsheet with limited information on re-registration status.